bcgreen

This is an old subject, #8 bearing leak, and a lot of the people who were involved in this temp. fix years ago, are no longer active on this subject. Right off the bat I want to say this type of fix is only temporary and the only true way of fixing this is just add $$$ and split the case.

Now on to my question. I am using a alum. collar with a rubber nitrile 'O' ring with a sealant. Using pressure on the ring to squeeze the rubber gasket against the block prior to tightening the set screws is important.
How much pressure?

Should I use the same pressure as one would use on torqueing down a case? It would seem to me that using a right amount of pressure should be an important part to stopping any possible leak rather than just hand pressure.